Kelly Khumalo going to Jail after Leaked phone calls with Accused 5, Accused 3 is Exposed in court

 New evidence has emerged in the case of the murder of South African football star Senzo Meyiwa. According to Lambertus Steyn, a police cellphone data analyst who testified in court, one of the accused individuals, Sifisokuhle Nkani Ntuli, had prior communication with Kelly Khumalo, Meyiwa’s former partner, and singer. 

They had contact twice, first on August 2, 2014, and again on October 15, 2014, just days before Meyiwa’s tragic murder. The second call between Khumalo and Ntuli lasted 98 seconds.

Steyn also revealed that Khumalo’s phone had been “cleaned,” with all its data wiped out just a day after Meyiwa’s death. This action could either mean that the phone’s owner intentionally deleted information or that someone with access to the phone remotely deleted data via the internet. Steyn did not specify when the police seized Khumalo’s phone as part of their investigation.

In 2020, it was reported that a hit man involved in the alleged murder plot confessed to police that Kelly Khumalo had hired hit men to assassinate Senzo Meyiwa. A sum of R250,000 was said to have been wagered for the hit, although the full amount was never paid, and one hit man claimed to have received R45,000 in cash.

The motive behind the alleged murder plot was reported to be Meyiwa’s failure to fulfill a promise to marry Khumalo and his failure to disclose his customary marriage to Mandisa Mkhize.

Currently, Sifisokuhle Nkani Ntuli and several others are on trial for charges including premeditated murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of firearms without a license, and possession of ammunition. All the accused individuals have pleaded not guilty.